Mission
The Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets serves as
senior advisor to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under
Secretary on broad matters of domestic finance, financial
markets, Federal, State and local finance (including the
Federal debt), Federal Government credit policies, lending
and privatization. The Assistant Secretary also serves as
the senior member of the Treasury Financing Group and coordinates
the inter-agency President's Working Group on Financial
Markets.
The Assistant Secretary supervises the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Federal Finance and the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Government Financial Policy, as well as the operations
of a set of commissions and board staff.
Led by the Deputy Assistant Secretary, this Office oversees
issues involving Treasury financing, public debt management,
Federal regulation of financial markets, and related economic
matters including regulatory issues in the Government securities
markets and the futures markets. The Office analyzes and
monitors economic and financial developments; assesses and
originates alternative financing initiatives for the Federal
government; manages clearing and settlement issues involving
the Government securities markets; proposes changes in tax
provisions affecting the Treasury securities market; and
oversees foreign investment in Treasury securities. The
Office is also responsible for leading the inter-agency
effort on advanced counterfeit deterrence.
Led by the Deputy Assistant Secretary, this Office oversees
issues related to Government financing; provides analyses
of agency and legislative proposals related to Government
borrowing, lending, and investment activities; and performs
actuarial and mathematical analyses and computations as
required, for Treasury market financing and other Government agencies. The Office
also develops policy for and manages the operations of the
Federal Financing Bank.
Last Updated:
August 28, 2006
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